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Mayor’s office closes Cook County Forest Preserve golf courses within city limits for the remainder of May
The Chicago Tribune ^ | May 8, 2020 | Teddy Greenstein

Posted on 05/08/2020 1:21:21 PM PDT by PBRCat

The vast majority of Americans can return to their favorite local golf course. That includes Illinois residents — except those who want to play in Chicago.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office has ordered the closing of the three Cook County Forest Preserve courses within city limits — Indian Boundary, Billy Caldwell and Edgebrook.

A visit to the ForestPreserveGolf.com website yields an interesting mix: The eight courses outside the city limits, such as River Oaks and Joe Louis, are taking tee times.

But a click on the other three yields the message: “Temporarily closed — Per City of Chicago Department of Health we are closed for the remainder of May. Please check our website, social media and email for re-opening information.”

Earlier this week, the city also ordered the closing of Harborside International Golf Center, the upscale, 36-hole, 400-acre facility along the Bishop Ford Freeway with views of the skyline. All 160 golfers who expected to play Thursday were issued refunds.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s office last week allowed Illinois courses to open under “strict safety guidelines” that include 15-minute intervals between tee times, no access to driving ranges, no groups larger than twosomes and no carts without a doctor’s note or handicap placard.

Why the disconnect between the mayor’s office and the governor’s office?

A spokesperson for the mayor’s office gave no explanation Thursday about the closing of Harborside.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


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KEYWORDS: chicago; covid19; golf; lightfoot
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House parties are occurring throughout the West Side and the hood, but "Little Sister" cam cancel golf to stick it to the man. Interestingly, she asserted authority over four golf courses operated by different governmental bodies due to their locations be within the city limits.
1 posted on 05/08/2020 1:21:21 PM PDT by PBRCat
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To: PBRCat

Mayor or her friends will be the only ones allowed there.


2 posted on 05/08/2020 1:22:49 PM PDT by SkyDancer (~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: PBRCat

“A spokesperson for the mayor’s office gave no explanation Thursday about the closing of Harborside.”

TheMayor was out getting her back waxed.


3 posted on 05/08/2020 1:29:59 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: PBRCat

Everyone knows that golf courses are a symbol of white privilege.


4 posted on 05/08/2020 1:31:41 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Gone but not forgiven.)
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To: SkyDancer

When does the bitch go for another trim? they should hound her a##


5 posted on 05/08/2020 1:31:43 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: PBRCat

Maybe they should spray them with chicken manure and plow them under with tons of sand.....just to be sure.


6 posted on 05/08/2020 1:32:49 PM PDT by Scooter100
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To: SkyDancer; bagster

You have lived a very sheltered life, my FRen.


7 posted on 05/08/2020 1:33:07 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (When we look to government to solve our problems, our "rights" become reduced to "privileges".)
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To: SkyDancer

Obama Golfed at a closed Course in Virginia and the DNC Media neglected to report it.


8 posted on 05/08/2020 1:35:33 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

?????


9 posted on 05/08/2020 1:38:30 PM PDT by SkyDancer (~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: PBRCat

Betcha the employees will still show up and cut the grass. No one in government jobs has lost a dime.


10 posted on 05/08/2020 1:40:52 PM PDT by Brasky (You miss every shot you never take.)
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To: PBRCat

Wait, lemme take a stab at this...

1. She’s a dhimmicrat and
2. She doesn’t golf.


11 posted on 05/08/2020 1:43:53 PM PDT by rockrr ( Everything is different now...)
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To: PBRCat

It is late in the game for such closings. These look to be strictly political actions.


12 posted on 05/08/2020 1:46:26 PM PDT by madison10 (Wash your hands & say your prayers cause Jesus & germs are everywhere)
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To: PBRCat

Groot is not making many friends these days.


13 posted on 05/08/2020 1:47:18 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: PBRCat

All these mayors, all these governors... passing laws???
In a Democratic Republic the LAWS are what the people want, expressed THROUGH THEIR LEGISLATURE!!!

Anything else is tyranny.


14 posted on 05/08/2020 1:48:37 PM PDT by djf (Better to be anecdotally alive than clinically dead!)
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To: SkyDancer

Who the hell wants to go to a Chicago golf course anyhow...other than dumb Chicagoans.


15 posted on 05/08/2020 1:48:47 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: reg45

Everyone knows that golf courses are a symbol of white privilege.

Tell that to Tiger Woods


16 posted on 05/08/2020 1:53:57 PM PDT by Dacula (Day 14 of Georgia opening up and I am still alive)
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To: PBRCat; All

OK, how easy can she make it for you? Occasionally (not always) the camera captures the cold ZERO compassion face of the PSYCHOPATH...

https://www.google.com/search?q=lori+lightfoot&client=safari&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi1xsKskaXpAhVWHM0KHSNeAn0Q_AUoAnoECBwQBA&biw=1820&bih=914

1) Face 2) Words 3) Deeds

Labyrinth of the Psychopath (youtube)...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEjisyU2nts

Need more evidence? Ok...

“Without Conscience” - Dr. Robert Hare
“Inside the Criminal Mind” - Stanton Samenow

Need more? OK....Barack, Michelle, Hillary, Pelosi, Feinstein, Schumer, Mohammed Atta, Ayatollah Khomeini, Manson, Strzok, Ohr, Ohr, ValJar, Cuomo, etc., etc., etc.

Evil people always support each other; that is their chief strength. - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn


17 posted on 05/08/2020 1:56:34 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: reg45

Actually these courses are not in White neighborhoods. But Lighthead doesn’t care. The City will open when she decides what will open.

Yesterday, Lighthead and Putzker warned the people of Illinois if they don’t follow their edicts, the phase in plans will be canceled and the State will go back to total lock-down.


18 posted on 05/08/2020 1:56:56 PM PDT by EC Washington
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To: LeoTDB69

Mayor “I am Groot” wants everybody to suffer equally. Its only fair.


19 posted on 05/08/2020 1:58:01 PM PDT by tom paine 2
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To: PBRCat

Isn’t “Mare” Lightfoot up on the latest news about the Chinese virus provided by “The Experts”? As long as you stay in the fairways and hit every green there’s no problem ... you’ll be “safe”. The Chinese virus can only survive in the rough.


20 posted on 05/08/2020 1:58:29 PM PDT by glennaro (Wearing a mask and not wearing a mask outside in public provides the same level of virus protection)
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